₦airaland Forum

okeyxyz:
No, i am saying that it's unrealistic & laughable to want to push that many thousands into farming. competitive farming these days is technology driven & not strength of numbers. thus we can't use the same systems like our fathers did, or do you want to give them a hectre of land each to farm in?

okeyxyz:
LWKMD
large scale farming?? does he want to give them hoes & cutlasses to farm? large scale farming is now mechanized & u only need a few people to do what thousands used to do.
And there's nothing wrong with subsidizing private businesses, it serves as incentive to enable them take on graduates to acquire real life business engagement & skills they'll need to succeed in life.

felix4real:
I beg to differ on your allegations (see highlighted comments in your quote). As a serving corps member, i expect you to know better and stand for the truth. The salient points are:
1. Corps Members get accepted into banks if they are needed;
2. Banks do not consider discipline in accepting corps members; the same policy applies to their full staff recruitment. And this is hinged on their   belief that core banking operations of today does not need specialized training (whether in Banking, accounting or financial management). What they do is look for the best brains, recruit and train them on banking operations and practices (the kind of training you don't receive in classes whether as a banking, accounting or financial management graduate);
3. Anybody can be accepted into the bank if you've got the brains and you can prove it (i'm a living testimony to this. i was posted to a bank (name withheld) along with 5 other people. Three of them came with 'special reference' from the state coordinator and an executive director, but guess what! they were rejected because they were dumb and the two of us accepted had nobody but God and our brains;
4. Contrary to your claims; the banks do not use and dump corps members, some of them retain you if you do well. I admit that in some branches they give you marketing and high targets, but that does not stop them from paying you at the end of the month or stopping you from passing out when you are done. On the contrary, if you do meet those targets (as some do), chances are that you would be retained. But not all corps members are made marketers (i was posted to operations and got retained after service. i worked for a further two years before resigning because i needed a career change).
5. The allowance that banks (and other private companies pay) is way above what NYSC pays; hence the assertion that govt cannot be spending its money on private companies is laughable,  because govt cannot cater for corps members and 80% of them are absorbed by these private companies.

Koolking:
There is definitely a skeleton hidden somewhere in the cupboard. You are afraid your husband might know the remnants of the extra-marital affairs. I can't understand why you are uncomfortable getting treated by a brother-inlaw. Your husband mean well my dear.

gamechange:
The noble idea behind youth corp is to foster the spirit of patriotism, not for youths to gain work experience or some sort of internship at a pre arranged juicy post. This change in policy is the right thing to do, but their needs to be a fundamental change in the psyche of the nation for it to achieve its purpose, we need selfless leaders for a start.

mo wapa:
I foresee money exchanging hands,the boko head family go chop up , bombing don pay

kizito96:
Massob will also start their own in Ibo land so that they will come and negotiate with them

okeyxyz:
ok let me try & understand u properly, though i must say u r not explaining well.
first of all, it is the duty of govt to regulate and enforce employment policies within it's jurisdiction. if govt allows private companies misuse & abuse NYSC staff, then why are they a govt then? A private company must be able to demonstrate that it has useful & relevant roles for the NYSC staff b4 taking them on, that way u can be sure that the experience they gain are useful, and it is the duty of govt to monitor these processes. if a youth corper does not have requisite skills for a particular job, he could start fresh & be trained or the employer can find a ready made talent, otherwise unless the company will go without useful hands and be out of business.

Again, i'm finding it difficult to understand your point. if u could explain better?

SHABZ:
@pinkred,are u kidding me?3yrs experience n still a fresher.lmao

Mucokey:

SHABZ:
@pinkrex,its almost impossible for a fresher to get a job with a salary of 200k or 500k.Abeg check your facts jor

ehie:
so u want to take high road now Mr intellectual freak,

hollandis:
@PINKREX
AND WHEN DID WE START DEPENDING ON GOVT

Syenite:
What difference does it make? 99% of Youth Corpers generally do not contribute to operations in these private companies. Most of them run errands like bank transactions, buying of food eg "boli",corn, soft drinks for staff, even collecting staff's children from their school, some of the ladies visit single staff at home to wash their clothes, plates, cook and warm their beds.

These might sound ridiculus but it is true. So if govt should stop sending corpers to these private firms ITs will take over from where the corpers stopped.
And does this also exclude private schools?

hollandis:
size=18pt]YOU ARE ALL FOOOLS FOR APPLAUDING THE MINISTER.IT IS EASIER FOR A CORPER TO BE RETAINED IN THE COMPANY HE SERVES THAN FOR A CORPER TO GET A GOOD JOB AFTER SERVICE

STUPIIIIID DIIIICK HEADS LIKE UNA FOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

hollandis:
[size=18pt]YOU ARE ALL FOOOLS FOR APPLAUDING THE MINISTER.IT IS EASIER FOR A CORPER TO BE RETAINED IN THE COMPANY HE SERVES THAN FOR A CORPER TO GET A GOOD JOB AFTER SERVICE

silly manliness HEADS LIKE UNA FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL [/size]

phreakabit:
Coming from a hopeless ìmbecile with as little intelligence as the  cave man in his pre-fire discovery years. So, just because I dont share the same POV with you, I am hopeless? I don't have to respond to you, I will let you kill yourself over it. By the way you are correct, this is the first time I have noticed your post here. Aren't you supposed to be in the romance section? You aren't quite the sharpest tool in the shed, you know.

nasoeb:
Everyone wants Peace but the way you achieve peace matters, You can not just go to water way to build your house because its calm and comforting, surely the water will eat up your house.

I am SO ASHAMED OF YOU ALL SUPPORTING THIS MOVE.

1. This is TERRORIST GROUP with "Confirmed" link to Alqaeda. Negotiating with them simply means Boko Haram You are stronger than Nigeria, please forgive us, you and alqaeda can now stay in Nigeria. Its simply and easy way of saying "Welcome Alqaeda" and we know Alqaeda dont have anything good to offer. This is Alqaeda Linked Terrorist Group we are surrendering to.

2. The President and Security Agencies claim they know them, so why going back to negotiate when you know them? what happened to "we will not spare any Sacred Cow"

3. we know Political boko haram is using religious part of it to destabilize this country, to make it ungovernable NOT because they are revenging the death of Yosuf. so apologising to the family of yosuf which simply dont have say in boko haram anymore seems senseless.

4. Apologizing to a Terrorist Group which demanded that they want Nigeria to become an ISLAMIC NATION. what amount of apology will compensate to that. if they are willing to die for that (Islamizing Nigeria) how long do you think your apology can strain them from coming back to their goal. A group that bombed UN House, not only a war on Nigeria but the International Community WHERE the FG knows THOSE SPONSORING them and decides to negotiate, AHHHH Nigerains Una no get shame

5. boko haram once said they want 12 Northern States be govern by sharia law, later they said they want the whole of Nigeria be govern by sharia law, later they said Nigerian Government and International community has been marginalizing them,  it is obvious they dont have any true agenda, Now if you are reasonable enough you would know that negotiating with them is making them legitimate. Even making them seem superior over a sovereign country with well defined borders.

6. why would anyone think another Militant / Terrorist group will not emerge?

7. Do you know Negotiating with them gives any westerner or easterner the right to involve any sort violence and be negotiated with? otherwise it becomes unfair as they cant carry out any offensive on such ethnic groups.

8. The truth is, obj and co have seen that boko haram has no legitimate agenda, does will soon pick on them as their agenda and kill them off, thats why they are initiating this moves, dont be fool it is for their own SAFETY not for people like you who sits here and praise him.

if he is a much of a hero, how many times has he pay visit to the family of ANY of those who lost their lives during all these problems of bombing and shooting

Nigeria is the way it is because of dump people like you who cant see beyond your nose.

If FG accept this moves, WORST will hit NIGERIA

okeyxyz:
thanx for your thoughts. everybody else seems to think this is a good idea. if u don't post corp members to private sector businesses, then what would they be doing at the over-bloated government institutions where many workers just sit around doing little or nothing, without challenge or motivation. the only way we can move forward economically is to put our youths into businesses(especially profit driven ones like private businesses) to nurture their entrepreneurial and leadership talents, learn to earn an honest living by hard work and accountability(we definitely don't learn such at government organisations, instead it's sabotage and corruption). can anybody name one govt institution that is properly and responsibly run in all of nigeria? start with police, NNPC, PHCN, NITEL, national assembly, budget dept(let's see if okonjo can help sanitize that one),  local govts, govt schools(no wonder private schools are thriving), mehn, the list is infinite, yet this are the same place u want to send our leaders of tomorrow? sadly it seems we are not ready to improve.

hillsate:

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We have lots of naive people on this forum.
People just open their mouths and talk without thinking.
1. OBJ did the right thing whether you subscribe to it or not.

2. ObJ cannot visit BOKO HARAM  without explicit clearance and permission from the presidency. 
    OBJ is not just an ordinary citizen. Aside being at the healm of affairs in Nigeria twice, he's   
    also a member of
   State Council. So whatever he does has implication on the Nigerian system.

3. Do not be fooled to believing that OBJ went to beg anybody. (You and I know that OBJ is not known for
    that).  He went there to spell some terms to them diplomatically though. Believe it or not, some top
   BOKO HARAM guys were at the meeting and believe it or not you do not know what images of faces OBJ
    was able to catch.

4. The next line of action from the presidency will take everyone by surprise but surely. The fact that OBJ
    is now involved in this should send some warning tones to the leadership and sponsors of boko haram.
   Whatever OBJ gets involved in has vendetta written over it. Lets hope that the likes of IBB and Atiku are
   not involved with the boko harams.

5. All the visit by OBJ is to establish a fact in the nigerian mind that ''Nigeria has used all forms of
   diplomacy to curb the boko haram issue and that has failed hence the use of this magnitude of force.''

6. Finally lets stop all these talks about Nigeria not negotiating with terrorist. What has your not negotiating
   achieved than more and more bombs. America negotiates with terrorists but not from a position of
    weakness but strength ( and diplomatically that is not called negotiation but simply spelling the
    terms).And thats what  OBJ is initiating.
Pls lets give it up for OBJ, he's doing what the likes of SHAGARI, IBB, BUHARI, ABDULSALAM etc should have done with he fact that he is not a northerner and not even a Muslim.

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doctokwus:
Anoda half thought out policy.Do u know how many youth corpers in goverment establishments,particularly ministries are idle do nothing during dere service yrs?D private sector is where some of dem get d workin xperience dey wi eva get b4 dey enta d job market

goodbobo:
You nigerian complain alot . there is nothing any leader can do to please u . Even the very good Fashola , some Nigerians will still say he has done nothing right .
Obasanjo made a good move to savage the big problem in the country yet u are going against his moves . Some people that can not reason right are saying dont negotiate with terrorist just because America say so . Is it america that will solve your country's problem for us . If they can why cant they solve the so much problems in their own country .  Terrorism is so alien to Nigeria so   lets solve this problem our own way .
For me this is a great move by Obasanjo .

Long live the Federal republic of Nigeria .

Rossikk:
''He's not nice looking. He's fat and dark''

Poster, you must be really stu.pid to equate dark skin with unattractiveness.

Thoughtless, colonised goat.